Save thousands and thousands of lives (children's lives included) by getting your hands very, very dirty.
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dsshorty89
It'd be hard, but it'd be for the greater good.
Paul
The greater good! Dozens/Hundreds/Thousands of innocent children die every year, would only make logical sense.
Hime Takamura
but it only stops it for 25 years. what if after that everything gets worse?
Jonneh
@Hime, 25 years of slaughter for 5 lives is a good trade.
Brandon Pickett
In the immortal words of Spock, as played by Leonard Nimoy... "Were I to invoke logic, however, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Poképhiliac
I would do it anyway, at least this way everyone else gains from it.
furiouscucumber
hime, i would do same thing after 25 years.
rarity the unicorn
thats arguable. once that 25 years came to an end a total utter fucking shit storm would come out
Pjthebest10
Well, do you think that in the course of 25 years, less than 5 children die? It would indeed be a greater good.
Kevin S Burkhard
@Jonneh Not if after 25 years ever nation possess wmds and uses them. Something they would be unlikely to accomplish during wartime thanks to international attention.
Upbeatshadowchain
Don't give a fuck.
mohamed
I figure that all the shit in the middle east (I live in Egypt) is the result of human folly and stupid choices made by fucking psychopaths and idiots, it's not something beyond our power. so every human that dies in the middle east is his killer's fault. but if I were to kill 5 innocent children that would be on my head.
Arminage
People who voted red, you would rather have millions of innocent people die, including many kids over a period of 25 years rather than kill 5 children who would stop the deaths of thousands of innocent children.
remeg oediv
pokephiliac you are terrible
steve
they'll work it out
John Shepard
You sound like Dumbledore
nigg
bu tmore will die if u let war continue
Shaco Clone
War is only the guy with the bigger stick and my stick grows.
warface363
when it says debate, it doesnt mean just saying no. it means back up your decision with reasoning. i vote yes because if i weren't to kill those children, i would thereby still be responsible for the deaths of the thousands in the middle east. even if you dont do it yourself. you may not like it, and you say "theres a better way!", it doesnt give you that option. its either 5 kids, or ONGOING wars and terrorism, not something you can stop. so you would be dooming the region to endless death and hardship. way to go you selfish jerks.
Evan Glick
By that logic you are therefore responsible for 1 instance of every bad thing every charity you've never donated to is trying to prevent.
Blackjackz
evan glick you are a retard. Just retarded. Go away, just please go.
turlough
no ones say killing the kids is not tthe moral high ground but could you do it
GreenLemon
No
patrimac
that means that everybody that dies in the middle east for the next 25 years due to wars and terrorism would have been saved by you but you chose not to. The needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few
yaritza
I will not be responsible for killing five innocent children. What i can't swe won't hurt me, I have not witnessed the terror in the middle east and as right now it isn't affecting me.
Yago Stecher
yaritza, please drop dead right now
Mike
lol @yaritza wait till you get to the real world my friend that will be really eye opening!
MarkTheGr8
First I was gonna go with killing the 5 children. But I remembered... OVERPOPULATION.. We're already growing too quickly. Someone mentioned something about dooming the middle east to hardships... Well, there's not enough resources in the world for everyone to have perfect lives. Some things are just not meant to be. It may sound cold, but in my experience I'd rather have more white and asian people than those of muslim nations. Racism? Probably. Now get over it. Furthermore, there is the chance wars would move from the middle east to somewhere else. History shows that if there is not war in one place, there is another. Lastly, another person said not killing the 5 children, would mean you're responsible for the wars, terrorism in the middle east. That is incorrect, as you cannot be held responsible for other's actions (in this case). Killing 5 children will get you behind bars, but to imprison someone for not killing 5 children? Good luck convincing the judge!
Cosmic Hawke
"Lastly, another person said not killing the 5 children, would mean you're responsible for the wars, terrorism in the middle east. That is incorrect, as you cannot be held responsible for other's actions (in this case)." No, you're incorrect about that. That's the whole point of the "would you rather" question, it bends reality so that you are responsible for the war in the Middle East (and the only solution killing 5 innocent children). Which is what makes it a hard, worthwhile and interesting question to answer. Also, fuck those sand niggers LOL.
MarkTheGr8
Well, Cosmic Hawke. I'm talking from a legal standpoint. No court would deem you guilty in the wars, because you said NO to killing 5 children. I could kill the 5 children, sure. Not something I'd be happy about though. I also believe the 50% who voted kill 5 children to be hypocrites. If they were willing to kill 5 children to stop the wars, why are they not even doing peaceful work to stop the wars? Can't answer that one, now can they! :D Still though, from a legal standpoint, you cannot be held responsible for the wars because you won't kill 5 children. Legal standpoint is more important than whatever standpoint you're trying to pull off.
dflaherty1996
the point of the would you rather question is that you can only have one of the two. therefore, we cannot do the peaceful approach
Mustafa Ashraf
you know, Islam isn't a country, its a religion, there is already a lot of muslim asians and europeans/white people. you just probably meant the arab world, which isn't only muslim, it has a lot of people that are christians
remeg oediv
really you think millions of people should die in the name of overpopulation plus chickens have us outnumbered CHICKENS
MarkTheGr8
People are already dying from overpopulation. And you know what? There's also more bacteria and atoms in the universe than people. BACTERIA AND ATOMS. I know. I'm as surprised as you are.
cheylabob
Well they could be innocent terminally ill comatose orphan kids for all we know... Seems legit. Plus, for those religious people, then they get to go to heaven. Amidoinitrite?
youat2inthemorning
sacrifice one thing, receive a lot of blessings.
Meadsey
Same shit is going to continue in 25 years.
Lewis
You are a fool.
brokor
like i care what those brown people do between themselves. 5 or 25k it doesnt matter. i wouldnt kill anyone myself, but i would need confirmation that no nuclear war would take place. otherwise shotguns and napalm cant rly hurt me all ti does is rid the earth of overpopulation, which is a good thing.
Evan Glick
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Evan Glick
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Evan Glick
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Ryan
Well, considering your choice would lead directly to thousands of deaths (including children, and probably a lot more than 5 of them), then you WOULD be killing people yourself; just not physically with your hands.
Migusthornberry
I want to see the middle east destroy itself.
Yek Hes
then F*CK you.
Azer Faraclas
According to John Rawls it's what I you ought to do.
Felix KB
those kids need to take one for the team mate...
Jessie Reyna
They have to end it themselves
billmok
As long as I can eat what I kill.
ryan
Just for the fun of it.
MyNameIsKali
It doesn't matter if you kill one person or a million people... You're still a killer.
TheSmartAsset
I would kill 5 terminally ill, suffering children. Kids don't suffer, war stops. Win win
Vin Shaw
I'll kill spoiled brats
InvaderSydney
I couldn't do it. I just couldn't!
b1tchf4ce
Perhaps once I killed the kids, they would get their act together and start a civilization which excludes bloodshed in the future
bloodshed109
make it 10 and you have a deal
HuntertheNinja7766
Blue only lasts for 25 years, guys.
wassboss
Blue only ends bloodshed for 25 years and you'd probably end up with the death penalty. Whereas red doesn't change anything but probably won't effect you.
Ryan McCracken
Launch a few nukes into the Middle East and end all war indefinitely
Ryan McCracken
Or drop a few nukes and end all war in the Middle East indefinitely.
Ryan McCracken
Or drop a few nukes and end all war in the Middle East indefinitely.
RainbowDashMLP
I couldn't shoot a child.
AceOfSpades
Yea, fuck individual rights.
lanzadam
Your welcome Muslims now stay out of my airports
malacia
I couldn't live with myself for killing sweet innocent children, there's no excuse for doing that.
Marcus Panico
I'd just pick really annoying horrible children. GIMME ICECREAM, GIMME ICECREAM!!! Stab him in throat.. Shit, fuck the people in the Middle East, I'll do it anyway.
Wolfenstein9598
It's all good saying for the greater good but I bet 99.9% of people would not be able to do it.
Davinator
Way more than 5 children die in the Middle East in a year so...
Jakub Bj Boukal
This one is really tough, but even if I would be one of that child I would sacrifice myself
Donny Spencer Reynolds
on one hand peace, on the other hand population control >:D
justin0395
Who says i want to save the middle-east?
toolzsnipe
Ah screw the third world ragheads, they put it on themselves
Wyatt Greywolf Davis
Ending the Violence, my ass. This world will ALWAYS have violence. It's not just human nature, it's nature.
Arthur
how could one choose red? you get to kill kids aaand do something good for the world :)
MotherLover
Either way kids die >:) I just get to kill some this way
mimcallard
So kill five kids 0.o or stay the same?
Jeremy
As long as it's 5 Jew kids.
SirSurge
MURDER=HELL
Niceguyjon
But isn't allowing death not sufficiently equal to murder anyway
InkedForLife
I don't like kids.
Frannybananny
This one is so sick
Anonymous
I'd like to kill 5 innocent children myself even if it didn't all the wars, terrorism, and fighting in the Middle East.
toolzsnipe
Screw the Aribs, if they cant deal with their damn problems why should i deal with theirs for them?
Kuusou
For me it has nothing to do with getting my hands dirty. It just feels like a cop out for what should naturally end. 25 years is not and actual end to thing, just a cease fire. I would basically be killing 5 children in order to release a butterfly from its cocoon too early.
Adam Mejlshede
Wars are going to continue either way. Not necessarily in the Middle East, but everywhere. There will ALWAYS be disagreements, and people tend to get violent. Better leave it and not get my hands dirty.
BrandonToddCarr
Don't postpone a problem for 25 years by killing innocent children.
SunnyCrapCake
As well as ending it for a long time, it would be a useful experiment for science. Will they continue bloodshed after the spell is over, or will they be so used to innocence they will feel the need to continue living that way? If so, it'd be the best place in the world.